CVE-2012-1442

N/A Unknown
Published: March 21, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

The ELF file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, eSafe 7.0.17.0, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, and Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an ELF file with a modified class field. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different ELF parser implementations.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/80426
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/80427
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/80428
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/80426
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/80427
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/80428
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52598
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
99.0%
100th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

cat aladdin fortinet mcafee pandasecurity antiy sophos f-secure rising-global kaspersky